'Aloha Rodeo' Offers Alternative To The Cowboy Cliché
Journalists David Wolman and Julian Smith chronicle the history of Hawaii's cattle trade and profile a number of "paniolos" — every bit as tenacious and resourceful as their mainland cohorts.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
Stories of Family Trips and Summertime Capers
These novels take young readers along on the thrilling, scary and necessary journeys of growing up.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
By the Book: Greg Iles
The author, most recently, of the novel “Cemetery Road,” finds electronic books easier on his eyes these days: “I still love the scent and feel of ink and paper, but — we do what we must.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Champagne, Caviar And No Shame At All: Remembering Judith Krantz
The novelist, who died last week at 91, was often slammed by critics as a frivolous sex-and-shopping writer. But her luxuries were meticulously researched and her sex scenes gloriously shameless.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
Can an Outsider Tell the Story of Post-Revolution Egypt?
In “The Buried” Peter Hessler, the New Yorker writer, weaves together stories from his experience of living in Cairo for the past five years.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
From the Graphic Novelist Seth, a Masterwork 20 Years in the Making
“Clyde Fans” tells the multigenerational story of a Toronto family who sells electric fans — a visual epic that captures the passage of time.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'When We Were Arabs' Is A Nostalgic Celebration Of A Rich, Diverse Heritage
Author Massoud Hayoun has Moroccan, Egyptian and Tunisian heritage — and is also Jewish. He weaves in his family history with the politics that shaped their lives, including European oppression.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
He Was a Famed Novelist of America’s Underclass. What Happened?
“Never a Lovely So Real,” a biography of Nelson Algren by Colin Asher, captures the human drama and literary achievement of a writer once considered among America’s greatest.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Golf Balls! Pencils! Whales! What Makes an Author’s Obsession a Thrill, Not a Bore?
Mary Norris considers how fixation-prone writers manage to captivate (or lose) their readers.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Rich, Twisted, Gloriously Cacophonous Novel of Village Life
In Max Porter’s “Lanny” — equal parts fairy tale, domestic drama and fable — a mischievous little boy goes missing.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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